Apple’s mail client has an annoying limitation: If you want to export mail messages as .eml or .emlx you have to do it one by one, i.e. dragging one message at a time from the Mail App’s window to a Finder window. It won’t let you drag several messages at the same time.

However with a small script this limitation can be circumvented easily. (This is Part II of the other Mail Export post.)

This AppleScript script is very handy for the creation of different type of archives and disk images.

It’s one of those scripts I use almost daily: It’s sitting in the Scripts menu in the menu bar and from there it allows me easy access to important and useful archive and disk image formats. Unlike other programs this script does not try to gather every available format. Just the ones that are right for a given purpose.

Updated 28 Apr 2017 @ 2 h For the latest script changes see the bottom of the post.

LaunchBar is my preferred application/file/script launcher on OS X. If you’re a LaunchBar user you know that it is very extensible through custom actions.

This little Action is called “Delete”. We all know that deleting files can quickly become boring. “Delete” brings back some variation and joy to the otherwise monotonous duty of file deletion. 😉 Continue reading LaunchBar Action: Delete

A keyboard layout file sits between your physical keyboard and the operating system. It tells the computer what should happen when you hit a certain key on the keyboard, for example the key labeled “Z” or the combination of shift (⇧), option (⌥) and 7.

Most common usage of keyboard layout files is to make language specific physical keyboards work as you would expect. If you bought, for example, your MacBook in France chances are high that the upper left letter keys are labelled “A” and “Z”, and not “Q” and “W” as on an US keyboard. And indeed, if you hit the upper left letter key on your French MacBook it’ll type the letter “A” into your text document. Continue reading U.S.-TF: A Custom Keyboard Layout for OS X

Today I had a look on my 404 log to check if there were any broken links or orphaned slugs on my site. The log was more than a couple of days old and … rather long. Since I made some “experiments” with my site recently, it was likely that the majority of the 404s have been triggered by myself, that is, from my Mac, behind a dynamic IP address.

This AppleScript script is for users of the ConTeXt typesetting system on a Mac.

Main purpose of the script is to launch ConTeXt typesetting in a flexible way and independently of the text editor you are using. It can also typeset the product file while you’re editing any component (child) file.